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					Originally Posted by sickkittens
					
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 Wow, interesting.
But I'd bet that for most of the people that apply, the "winning" and associated fame of being on TV for all those weeks is the real motivator.
The "15 minutes" concept is a pretty powerful drug in a celebrity-obsessed nation like the US of A (and to a lesser degree, us, your northern and mostly insignificant neighbours)